


In such cases, you will be launching the executables from your program or script, and the path and the options are critical for this.

Or maybe you created a vertical application that runs Ansys solvers in the background. Maybe you are doing a multi-tool optimization or a digital twin. One of the big changes over the past years is the use of Python or 3rd party programs to run Ansys solvers for you. In this post, we will cover the basics for launching from the command line for the flagship products and also share where you can learn more in the Ansys documentation. Some things are simpler, there are some new command line options, and there are a lot more products in the Ansys family. The need to run from the command line has not changed since we originally published this post in 2012. The original content is down at the bottom for reference. We have also included information for newer products. So we have taken the time to update the post to be correct for Ansys version 2022R1. And it turns out that this post is one of the top 10 posts that people are still accessing, having hundreds of visits a week from around the world. After we moved our website to its new home, we started tracking which blog posts were popular. I would like to know, why ANSYS recommended a friction coefficient less or equal to 0.Editor’s Note (): It’s time to update this article on launching from the command line. How can I select the Unsymmetrical solver?ģ- The above message (unsymmetrical solver) appears when I use the frictional contact type with a friction coefficient greater then 0.2 (For example, how to select all the concrete bodies through command then assign the material properties of concrete, after, select all steel bars and assign to them the material properties of steel, and the same things for contacts)Ģ- Sometimes, when I solved the model ANSYS recommended to switch the solver to unsymmetrical, Knowing that I am using a Static Analyses and this solver type does not exist in Workbench, only Direct and Iteration solvers exist in Solver Type.

I want to ask, How can I use an APDL code to assign the material properties for all concrete elements only at once and also for the Steel elements. To select SOLID65, or LINK180 in ANSYS workbench it must use command objects.ġ- Because of the high number of elements, It takes a while to input the material properties for all elements. The model contain 130 concrete body, 160 steel bars, and about 300 contact elements between the bodies. I am doing a numerical analysis using ANSYS workbench 15.0
